Abstract
SINCE Jules Verne wrote his “Journey from the Earth to the Moon,” many writers have tried their hands at similar productions, but none have excelled their prototype. A good grasp of the principles of science, a vivid imagination, and a brilliant descriptive power, are essential faculties in the man who proposes to give the public a view of the future as seen through his prophetic eye. We do not think the author is blessed with a bountiful share of these qualifications; nevertheless, he has been able to bring forth a book in which instruction and entertainment are happily combined.
A Journey in Other Worlds; a Romance of the Future.
By John Jacob Astor. With ten Illustrations. Pp. 476. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894.)
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GREGORY, R. An Astronomical Romance. Nature 50, 592–593 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050592a0
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